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For context the other day I poured a skim milk protein shake over ice and added a some oat milk and cinnamon to it. It was so yummy. But the shake itself is 190 calories. I want to recreate that drink but lower calorie.

Googling creamy drink recipes yields a lot of coffee recipes. Do any of you have a fave creamy drink you make that has the general structure of what I made but low calorie?

The drink doesn’t have to be super creamy but I do want a kind round mouth feel if you know what i mean. I do drink tea already but want some diversity.

I did post this on another sub as well. So you may have seen this. Or maybe not.

The protien shake was from aldi.

Hello all.

A list of titles below are what I have read in the past.

Sherlock Holmes by Sir Author Conan Doyle

Father Brown by G.K Chesterton

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

How to Live on 24 Hours A Day by Arnold Bennett

I do not read romance novels, horror, or thrillers. I do not like physical romantic interactions between characters or profanity.

I am not passing judgement on the authors these are just things I know i don't like.

I am open to fiction and nonfiction suggestions. I love things that are not overly difficult to read but also improve my vocabulary and stimulate the "little gray cells".

Thank you in advance. Edit: I have had an interest in the past in things like Home building, tiny houses, processing clay in your backyard. I love pictures of homes. So if you have any books on people building their own houses with no formal experience i would love them. That is in addition to other nonfiction books.

She married my dad nearly 30 years ago. She was a young single mom and he was knocking doors with a minister. He hid his alchohol problem. My mother married him. Withing a year or two it was back out in the open. He was a violent drunk. He would dissappear at night and my mom would go looking for him with us in the car. I don't remember it because I was so little.

I do, however remember his drunken episodes as I got older. The police would get called and he would pull guns and such. Between time he kept doing ministry work. How i don't know.

Over time the worst blackouts stopped. But he kept getting drunk off and on. Fast forward to right now tonight. He isn't home yet and I am scared. I don't know if he is going to be drunk. I already sent my brother to bed so hopefully he is asleep when my dad gets home.

I can't really afford to move out but this constant fight or flight feeling is something I can't live with anymore. I can't afford to move my brothers out either.

My mom always believed in my dad. In his work and his heart for people. But nearly 30 years later I think it's time for her to wake up. If he wants to be a drunk he should be alone. I lightly considered telling people in our congregation hey this guy is a drunk. Just so they know.

But I wasn't sure.

Hehe.

I am a 26 year old woman and I should've moved out 2 years ago. I had trouble finding solid work that would pay for it. But I have to find a new job fast. Something to take care of me.

I worked two jobs in June and part of July and managed to save $1,100. I was working five nights a week at my part-time job in addition to my full-time job.

My full-time job pays about $2,200/month if I work all my scheduled hours, but my necessary expenses are around $1,699/month. Not including needing anything like clothes or shoes which i did. My commute is also 112 miles round trip for the day job, and gas costs me about $300 a week.

By early July, I burned out. I quit my part-time job and started working fewer hours at my full-time job. For the past four weeks, I only made about $1,600, so I had to use my $1,100 savings to cover the difference.

Now I have to rebuild that savings from my full-time job. For a while, I'm going to cut my food budget from $300/month to $150.

That's going to be difficult because food is one of the few things in my life that feels like it's mine and that I can control. Sugar is also one of the things that makes me happy.

So I'm trying to figure out how to find happiness and comfort without spending money, especially on food.

For those of you living on a tight budget, what are your sources of joy or comfort that are free or very cheap? What gives you something to look forward to when you can't afford to spend much?

Edit: to top it off my dad gets drunk off and on. And that stresses me out so only thing I have is food. Edit: and i know my math is a bit off. I havent spent the full 1100. Maybe almost half on gas. And that half is not all spent yet.

Hello.

I am a 26 year old woman and weigh 190lb. I am 5 foot 8 inches in height.

I have always struggled with overeating sugar. My highest weight was 213lb and I got down to 178lb this year. 10lb of that weight loss was due to illness. In the last 2 or 3 months I put back on 12lb.

I have been eating a lot of sweets. I do not know why. I did also stop going to the gym and I do not intend to go back because with my round trip over 100 mile commute it is just too much.

I don't think it is emotional eating but I also feel like i can not stop. I must have it everyday. I don't know why. For example, today I thought about sweets all day. I put it off for a long time. But I finally broke down and bought a whole pack of oreo. I also had cake.

Has anyone ever hit this issue and if so how did you fix it?

Please do not make fun of me. I know it is bad and I should have discipline. But I can't seem to shake this.

I don't know if I am considered a Binge eater or not.

I often cope with eating larg amount of sweets from cookies to little Debbie snacks. I feel compelled to do it especially when under a lot of stress.

My life is not where I want it to be right now so the stress is constantly there. My question is has anyone gotten control of binge eating while stuck in a less than ideal situation? Again my issue is mainly sugar. I have a hard time stopping. It's almost like I can't stop. But I know I should.

Edit: today I had a bad day at work. Then a bad day at home. I ate a oatmeal pie, nutty buddy's and got a sprite. Pretty much nearly 1000 calories. So I am at 2200 calories or so. Edit: I would like to add there are days when this is worse. Way worse.

Hello,

So I am getting back into reading the Bible again.

I usually use an older kjv version Bible app and physical Bible. I want to get something with ambiance if that makes sense.

Any recommendations for Bible apps and physical bibles that are aesthetic?

In the past i have used the biblia app. Most of my bibles have been used and kind of older.

A brief look at Google play didn't really show anything that interesting.

I know this requirement of a cute Bible sounds shallow, but I am trying to make this easier on myself.

So, what's your favorite bible?

My Background

Growing up I was constantly told women are meant to be ruled by men. During services the priest would mainly speak directly to men during services. I actually believed in women being submissive in relationships.

I later realized that being under my father and then husband would make me a perpetual child. For example, if i wanted to move to another country i would need permission. Once I realized I didn't want to be submissive to my father nor a husband I left god. My reasoning was that if I can't be submissive I should just not deal with god altogether.

Where I am Now

An eglatarian, named margo mowzcko, saved me from being an athiest. So i decided to reexamine the bible once i move out of my parents home and had space to read without constantly hearing that rhetoric.

But now I am in limbo. I get no strength from anywhere really. While I am preparing financially to move away I have to make choices. But I have no framework to operate from.

Bad Habits

In addition a past trauma made me angry with god. I am not angry anymore, but i have leftover bad habits from that time period like using profanity. I rarely curse out loud, but I do in my head often. I struggle with knowing whether to dress modestly because I no longer have any convictions about it. The weird thing is I will dress super modest and so people assume I am very religious. But I haven't touched my Bible in well over a year.

Every time I try to pick up my Bible I get upset at things like the book or numbers. I know margo mowzcko wrote about the context of numbers and why womens decisions were overruled by men back then. She prevented me from becoming an atheist and I am grateful.

My question.

I just need more help and ideas. Has anyone experienced this before? How do I deal with god again? And please do not tell me men are meant to rule women. It will just make me angry. My dad is an alcoholic, so I don't think men are innately good leaders. I don't believe in complementarian ideology.

Edit: I should mention that I grew up old testament only. But I have christian associates and margo mowzcko who is Christian helped me so much. She really is a huge part of me deciding not to walk away from the god of abraham altogether. I am forever grateful to her.

I just need to take next steps to get back in the bible and I know that Christian share many of the same goals. So I hope you all will not mind and that I have handled this topic well with respect for your subreddit. I do not mind if you share new testament bible verses and such. It doesn't bother me and I have already read some due to Ms. Mowzcko. For whom I have the utmost respect.

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I am wondering if others experience regular denials for jobs because of the sabbath. I for one was once told I couldn't be allowed to keep it because it would be favoritism. I know someone who can't find work due to this. I know people who have been fired.

Where in the united states is it easier to find jobs that allow you to work sunday through friday?

I am thinking of letting one of them move in with me when I leave Mississippi.

I am leaving blindly hoping other states are more inclusive. Edit : sabbath = Friday night to Saturday night. We keep Torah law and are not part Judaism though we are abrFriday?

Edited for wording to get better feedback.

Hi,

I am not sda but my family keeps the sabbath.

My sibling went to school to be an automotive tech but graduated jobless. 2 years on he still cant get work. He said the dealerships don't want to allow him off on the sabbath. He tells me he cant find a job anywhere so far.

We live in mississippi. My dad has been fired from jobs because of the sabbath. I was told I couldn't allowed to keep the sabbath because it would be favoritism.

Do you have this experience? Are some states better than others with this?

Hopeless in mississippi.

Hello,

So my dad was a black out drunk when up until i was about 15 or so. He would get violent and my mom would take us and run to her in laws house. Some nights she would go looking for him with us in the car. One time she asked a congregation member for help with my dad and that guy laughed at her.

Anyway now my dad gets drunk about once or twice a quarter. He doesn't get black out drunk so far but it traumatizes us when it happens. He is unreasonable when he is drunk.

I just found out that while my little brother has been out of town doing work with dad's brother that uncle is getting drunk every night. That uncles daughter went on to marry an alcoholic herself.

I am starting to feel surrounded. It's made me think all men have alchohol issues. I live in rural mississippi and I want to move out of state. I am hoping in a more affluent diverse state I can meet people who are stable and don't drink or do drugs or get really angry.

But because this is all I have ever known part of me believes that most people have these vices.

Has anyone else ever felt this way? Did you ever find a group of people who changed your mind?

My brother needs a job so he works with my uncle. But I am so scared that he will take up alchohol too.